Course: Metrology and Measurement

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Course title Metrology and Measurement
Course code UTM/PU278
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svobodová Jaroslava, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Content and meaning of metrology, division and content of metrology, history of metrology, international cooperation and institutions in metrology. 2. Legal metrology, Act No. 505/1990 Coll. on Metrology, Decree of the Ministry of Industry and Trade No. 264/2000 Coll., On basic units and other units and their marking. 3. Overview of the state of state metrology, type approval of the meter, verification, calibration. Arranging and ensuring primary standardization in the Czech Republic. Standards. 4. Business metrology and tasks of business metrology. Categorization of measuring instruments in terms of industrial metrology, calibration and traceability of measuring instruments. 5. Internal and external calibration. Determination of recalibration intervals, determination of calibration validity period. 6. Metrological rules of the company and metrological confirmation. 7. Measurement methods, measurement errors and uncertainties. 8. Metrological requirements of the standard ČSN EN ISO 9000: 2001 and measurement management systems according to ČSN EN ISO 10012: 2003. 9. Metrological security in the field of EMS.

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
Metrology is a scientific and technical discipline that deals with all knowledge and activities in the field of measurement. Within the subject Metrology and Measurement, students will get acquainted with the essence of metrology in the past and present. The basis for the course is the Act on Metrology No. 505/1990 Coll. as amended (Czech Republic). Students will get acquainted with the content of the law and its application in practice. The course also includes areas of metrology and compliance with current legal standards of the Czech Republic and the EU, metrological regulations for companies and organizations. Furthermore, students are acquainted with instruments, equipment and units of measurement (basic, derived, their multiples and definitions of units), the nature and necessity of calibration and verification of meters, equipment and instruments. The course also includes the basics of calculating measurement errors and measurement uncertainty in mechanical engineering.
Students will get acquainted with the content, content and importance of metrology in relation to the NMS (National Metrology System). They will also be acquainted with and gain knowledge in the field of measurement methodology, the basics of statistical calculations of error determination and measurement uncertainties. Students will apply this knowledge both in practice and in research activities within their bachelor's, diploma theses and subsequently also doctoral theses.
Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • ČSN EN ISO 10012:2003.
  • ČSN EN ISO 9000:2001.
  • Palenčár, R. a kol. Nejistoty v měření I, II, III. Automa 7-8. 2001.
  • SVOBODOVÁ, J. Metrologie a měření. Studijní opory. FSI UJEP, 2019.
  • Tichá, Š. Strojírenská metrologie, část 1.. VŠB TU v Ostravě, 2004.


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